WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY
grouped into five divisions covering different
geographical areas—the UK and the Republic of
Ireland, Northern, Eastern, Western, and Southern
divisions. Charter services are flown by British
Airtours, formed in 1969 to operate charter and
inclusive tour flights from Gatwick. On May 1, 1982,
British Airways was once again reorganised and was
divided into three self-contained divisions -
Intercontinental (long-haul), European (shorthaul
and domestic) and Gatwick Services (all Gatwick-
based operations including those of British Airtours).
In -July 1983 the airline was divided into eight
market-orientated route centres and three "separate"
companies: cargo, charters and tour operations. In
addition, there are three subsidiary companies
concerned with other aviation activities. British
Airways Helicopters, formed in 1964, operates
Europe's only scheduled helicopter passenger service,
between Penzance and the Scilly Isles, together with
offshore gas and oil rig support services, and a
search-and-rescue operation covering the northern
North Sea from Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands.
Bases are maintained at Penzance, Aberdeen,
Beccles and Sumburgh. Head Office is at Gatwick
Airport South. British Airways Associated companies
Ltd controls hotel interests and the airline's
investments in Air Mauritius, Cyprus Airways,
Gibraltar Airways and New Hebrides Airways. Head
Office is at Bealine House, Ruislip. Middlesex.
British Airways Engine Overhaul Ltd is responsible
for engine overhaul work for British Airways and a
numher of other airlines under contract. Head Office
is at Tre forest Industrial Estate, Pontypridd,
Glamorgan, South Wales. British Airways' route
network, the largest in the world, covers 580,01)0
unduplicated route-km, and serves 120 cities in 65
countries. Scheduled passenger, cargo and mail
services are operated to Europe, the Middle and Far
East. Australasia, East and South Africa, and North
America. Innovations include Europe's first
"shuttle" air service (high-frequency, no reservation,
guaranteed-seat flights) inaugurated between London
and Glasgow in January 1975 and now extended to
London-Edinburgh, London-Manchester and
London-Belfast. In -January 1976 British Airways,
jointly with Air France, began the world's first
supersonic passenger services, using the Anglo-
French Concorde airliner. Supersonic services link
London with Washington D.C., New York and
Miami.
Head Office: Speedbird Hotise. London Airport,
Heathrow, Hounslow, Middlesex, Great Britain.
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Executives: Board: chairman, Lord King of
Wartnahy; deputy chairman, Alexander Gibbs; chief
executive, Colin Marshall; chief financial officer,
Gordon Dura-lop; director of safety activities, Capt
-Jack Jessop; Basil Collins; Robert Henderson; Sir
Leo Pliatzky; Michael Davies; Management: chief
executive/chief financial officer/director of safety
activities—as above; directors: marketing, .lim Harris;
marketplace performance, Peter Bateson; operations,
Howard Phelps; legal, Bernard Wood; human
resources, Ted Gostling; medical services, Dr Frank
Preston: data/information/management pro
grammes, John Watson; head of public affairs, John
Perry.
Employees: 36,500.
Fleet: seven Concorde, 12 Boeing 747-200B, 16
747-100, one 7O7-320B, one 707-320C, nine TriStar
1. eight TriStar 200, eight 757-200, 19 Trident 3B,
seven Trident 2E, 31 737-200, 21 One-Eleven 500,
four One-Eleven 400, five HS.748, 20 Sikorsky S-
61N, six BV-234 Chinook, four S-76A, three
West land W30, one Jet Ranger. On order: nine
757-200. 14 737-200.
British American Air plans to commence inter
national scheduled passenger services, initially link
ing Long Beach with Hong Kong and Brussels, using
DC-8-63 aircraft.
British Atlantic Airways was formed in June 1982
and has applied to operate passenger services
between London and New York. Following its acqui-
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sition by the Virgin Record Group, the operator is
now known as Virgin Atlantic Airways.
Head Office: Suite 76a, Beehive Building, Gat
wick Airport South, Gatwick, West Sussex, Great
Britain.
British Caledonian Airways BCal) was formed
in November 1970 by the acquisition by Caledonian
Airways (founded in 1961) of British United Airways
(founded in 1960 as a result of mergers). BCal
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Caledonian Avia
tion Group PLC, and other companies in the
Group include British Caledonian Aircraft Trading,
British Caledonian Travel Holdings (Blue Sky
Holidays, Blue Sky Travel, Far Away Blue Sky),
Caledonian Hotel Management, Caledonian
Airmotive, British Caledonian Helicopters, Jetsave
and companies overseas owning and operating
hotels in Spain and Africa. Shareholders and loan
stockholders include Industrial and Commercial
Finance Corporation, Royal Bank of Scotland,
Bland Payne, Commercial l_ nion Assurance
company. Sun Alliance and the Automobile Associ
ation. British Caledonian is the designated flag
carrier to the whole of West Africa, major parts of
North Africa, Central Africa, all of the South Amer
ican continent with the exception of Guyana),
Houston and Dallas/Forth Worth, Atlanta (Georgia),
St Louis (Missouri) and Los Angeles. Scheduled
services operate from London (Gatwick) to
Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Genoa, Frankfurt and
Geneva. In Britain BCal scheduled services link
London with Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester and
Jersey. Glasgow is linked with Amsterdam via
Newcastle. Passenger charter flights are undertaken
to destinations in Europe and North Africa. BCal has
a minority holding and assists in the management of
Gambia Airways, and also operates services on behalf
of Air Seychelles, Air Surinam and Caribbean
Airways. The airline is associated with British
Airways Helicopters and the British Airways Author
ity in the operation of the Gatwick-Heathrow
Airlink. Since 1980 BCal has operated to Hong
Kong via Dubai, and will now serve Riyadh from this
year. In late 1982 the airline formed British
Caledonian Commuter Services, a scheme designed
to bring the small commuter operators into a
close operational and marketing association with
British Caledonian. Liverpool-based Genair and
Guernsey Airlines have joined the scheme. BCal is an
equal partner with the Rank Organisation in BCal
Charter.
Head Office: Caledonian House, Crawley, Sussex,
Great Britain.
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Executives: chairman. Sir Adam Thomson; manag
ing director, Alastair Pugh; directors: group finance,
T. E. Boud; engineering, N. Jackson; external affairs,
J. M. Ritchie; financial, C. M. Smith; ilight oper
ations, Oapt J. N. Fugl; operations, J. Prothero
Thomas; personnel, Dr D. J. Freemantle; project, J.
R. Sidebotham; marketing, David Coltman; joint
company secretaries, R. A. C. Lewis; L. N. Bebchick.
Employees: 6,300.
Fleet: one Boeing 747-100. eight DC-10-30, three
Airbus A310, two 707-320C, 12 One-Eleven 500. On
order: Seven A320.
British Caledonian Helicopters was formed in
April 1979 through the takeover of Shoreham-
based Ferranti Helicopters, and the company
became a wholly owned subsidiary of BCal. Rotary-
wing charter and contract services, mainly in
support of North Sea Oil and gas fields, are op
erated for the major oil companies from Aberdeen
Airport.
Head Office: Caledonian House, Crawley, Sussex,
Great Britain.
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Executives: chairman, Trevor Boud; managing
director, Bob MacLeod; managers: finance and
administration, N. Elliott; operations, Capt C. Hunt;
commercial, A. J. Spillane.
Employees: 120.
Fleet: three Sikorsky S-61N, one S-76A, three ,
Bell 214ST, one BO105D.
British Emerald Airways is a newly formed
airline which proposes to operate scheduled '
passenger services from Belfast to New York, Los
Angeles and Miami, initially with Boeing 707
aircraft.
Head Office: 56 Upper Queen Street, Belfast 1,
Northern Ireland.
British Island Airways, fomerly part of the
British and Commonwealth Shipping Group,
became a totally independent airline on April 1,
1982. The company provides charter services from
UK points to holiday destinations in Europe and
North Africa.
Head Office: Apollo House, Church Road, Lowfield
Heath, Crawley, W7est Sussex RHll OPQ, Great M
Britain. ^
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Executives: chairman and managing director, Peter
Villa; directors, Capt R. Heath, M. Butler, A. Smith;
managers: commercial, M. Cleaver; engineering, R.
Erskine; flight operations, Capt C. Cureton; ground
operations, J. Gregorzek.
Employees: 116.
Fleet: four One-Eleven 400, two one-Eleven 500.
British Midland Airways (BMA) was formed
in 1938 as Derby Aviation. Scheduled passenger
and cargo services were started in 1953 and
now link the East Midlands Airport with
Amsterdam, Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow, Guernsey,
Jersey, London Heathrow, and Paris; from London
Heathrow to Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow,
Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, Teesside and Belfast;
Birmingham to Brussels, and the Channel Islands
from nine UK points. In 1982 BMA formed Manx
Airlines, in association with the British and
Commonwealth Shipping Company, to operate
scheduled services from the Isle of Man to points
throughout the UK and Ireland. During the
Seventies BMA developed a specialist overseas
leasing service with Boeing 707s which was
subsequently used by some 25 international carriers,
predominantly in Europe, the Middle East, and
Africa. The company recently returned to the
holiday market and provides charter flights
to the Mediterranean area and North America.
BMA acquired Loganair from Royal Bank of
Scotland in late 1983, and has received a licence to
operate between Manchester, Glasgow and New
York. Originally a private company, BMA's principle
shareholding was acquired in 1969 by the Minster
Assets investment and banking group, from whom
the airline was purchased in 1978 by a consortium of
British Midland directors, headed by Michael
Bishop.
Head Office: Donington Hall, Castle Donington,
Derby DE7 2SB, Great Britain.
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Executives: chairman and managing director,
Michael D. Bishop; directors: general manager,
J. T. Wolfe; company secretary, S. F. Balmforth;
G. N. Elliott; R. S. Beauchamp; J. M. Harvey;
management directors: commercial, G. J. W.
Norman; sales, C. A. Roberts; operations, Capt. D. T.
Court; financial accountant, J. Derbvshire; technical
T. G. Soult.
Employees: 1,250.
Fleet: three Boeing 707-320C, two DC-9-32,
six DC-9-15, three Viscount 800, six Fokker
F.27-200, one Shorts 330, one Shorts 360. On order:
four 360.
Britt Airways was founded in 1956 by William and
Marilyn Britt and currently operates a network of
scheduled passenger services throughout the states
of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, and to
Washington D.C.
Head Office: Rural Route 3, Danville, Illinois _
61832, USA. I
Employees: 400.
Fleet: two One-Eleven 400, six Fairchild FH-
227B/C, two F-27J, seven Metro II, 12 Beech 99.
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